Qixuanwu Mansion is located in Tianyun City, the capital of Tianyun Kingdom, with the Dazhou Mountain in the background. It was established by Qixuangu, a martial arts sect with a six-hundred-year heritage.

As the martial arts palace of a large sect, Qixuanwu Palace has many inherited martial arts and has martial arts masters teaching there. It has naturally become the holy place of martial arts in the hearts of all young people in Tianyun Kingdom who are interested in practicing martial arts. Of course, Qixuanwu Palace accordingly

The threshold for recruiting disciples and students in the government is also quite high. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as selecting one from a million.

On a hot summer day, at the foot of Dazhou Mountain, on a forest grassland, a teenage boy stood with his fists wrapped in cloth strips and his bare upper body in front of a big tree as thick as a hug, punching him hard one after another.

Hitting the tree trunk.

"Peng!" "Peng!" The dull voice echoed in the forest. The bark of the big tree that was hit was obviously dented, revealing the gray-white wood with little blood stains on it.

The young man's name is Lin Ming, and he possesses third-level martial arts talent.

In Tianyun Kingdom, half of the people have no martial arts talent at all and are not suitable for practicing martial arts at all. More than 80% of the other half of the people only have first-level martial arts talent and will not achieve anything even if they practice martial arts, leaving less than one in ten people.

Then there are about 90% chance of having a second-level martial arts talent. If you practice martial arts diligently, you can make some achievements, but there is little hope of becoming a martial arts master.

Lin Ming's third-level martial arts talent can be said to be top-notch, barely one in a hundred, but this martial arts talent is still far behind if he wants to go to Qixuanwu Mansion!

Lin Ming knew this very well. Lan Yunyue, a beautiful girl who happened to grow up and train with Lin Ming, also had a third-level talent like Lin Ming. The two of them agreed to pass the Tianyun Martial Arts Examination, which was much inferior to the Qixuanwu Mansion.

Mansion.

The Tianyun Martial Palace is affiliated to the Tianyun Kingdom. It has only been established for eighty years. The skills, inheritance, and background are very limited, and the inheritance of martial arts skills is very important to martial artists. If you don’t have good martial arts skills, you want to complete the training.

In the physical stage, condensing the meridians to reach a higher martial arts realm is as difficult as climbing to the sky.

The pulse condensation stage is the realm that many warriors aspire to, and it is also the first watershed in the path of martial arts. Once the pulse is condensed, the warrior's lifespan is greatly increased, and he can be named a nobleman. He will be well-dressed and well-fed throughout his life, and his descendants will be blessed.

In terms of cultivating pulse-condensing warriors, Tianyun Martial Palace is far behind Qixuanwu Palace.

Lin Ming was determined to pursue martial arts, and naturally he also dreamed of going to the Qixuanwu Palace. If he was not talented enough, he could only rely on diligence and perseverance to impress the examiners, but the hope was not very high. Once he failed the exam to enter the Martial Palace, he would have to waste half a year.

Waiting for the next time, time is also precious to warriors.

Based on this and Lan Yunyue's reasons, Lin Ming decided to enter Tianyun Martial Palace.

Lin Ming and Lan Yunyue have practiced together and played together for so many years. Although they are still young and have not discussed marriage, they have already had a vague affection between them, and Lin Ming's parents also have a deep affection for Lan.

Yunyue liked Lan Yunyue very much and often asked Lan Yunyue to come to her home for dinner.

Lin Ming and Lan Yunyue had always had a good impression of each other, and there was only a thin window between them. As long as they both grew older, this window would be broken.

Lin Ming attached great importance to the agreement between the two of them, and he was determined to break into the Pulse Condensation Realm even in Tianyun Martial Palace!

However, on the day of the Tianyun Martial Arts Entrance Examination, Lan Yunyue did not show up.

Lin Ming originally thought that Lan Yunyue was unable to arrive due to some issues, but later he found out that Lan Yunyue had entered the Seven Xuanwu House, and the person who recommended her to become a disciple of the Seven Xuanwu House was the talented young master of the Zhu family, the first family in Qingsang City.

Zhu Yan.

Although Lin Ming was only fifteen years old, he had been outside with his parents since he was a child. His mind was much more mature than that of children of the same age. He knew very well what it meant for Zhu Yan to escort Lan Yunyue into the Seven Xuanwu Mansion.

When the children of a big family like the Zhu family choose a wife, they not only look at the woman's appearance and temperament, but also her martial arts talent. Offspring with high talent are very likely to give birth to geniuses. Although Lan Yunyue comes from an ordinary family, she has a third-grade talent.

She is already very good among girls.

Although it is not impossible for the Zhu family to find someone with higher talent, Lan Yunyue herself has beautiful appearance and outstanding temperament, so it is normal for Zhu Yan to fall in love with her.

For Lan Yunyue, there is no comparison between Qixuanwu Palace and Tianyun Martial Palace in terms of opportunities, glory and possible achievements in the future, especially the temptation of stepping into the Pulse Condensation Realm to extend youth for decades.

, which makes girls irresistible.

Faced with such a temptation, I am afraid that not only Lan Yunyue, but also most girls will choose Zhu Yan, especially Zhu Yan himself is not bad in appearance, and his family background and future are far better than Lin Ming.

Although he understood in his heart, it was impossible to say that this incident did not have a blow to Lin Ming. He locked himself in the door for three days. After three days, he walked out of the room, ate, slept, and practiced, and he practiced even harder than before.

.

Before Lan Yunyue left him, he was determined to break through the Pulse Condensation Stage and pursue a higher martial arts realm. Lin Ming is still the same now. If he had some concerns before, then after Lan Yunyue left, he

This further strengthened his determination to pursue martial arts.

He decided to take the Qixuanwu Mansion exam instead, even though the process was difficult.

"Peng!" "Peng!" The dull sound of fists hitting tree trunks still echoed in the forest. This kind of tree is called ironwood. Not only does its bark be extremely tough, but it also has strong healing ability. Many martial arts beginners will choose it.

This kind of iron wood is used to practice strength.

Lin Ming did not know how many punches he had thrown, and finally exhausted all his strength. He sat on a rock holding on to the tree trunk, took out herbs from the backpack on the ground, crushed them and applied them on his scarred fists. Martial arts practitioners must often

Use herbs that heal the body, otherwise hidden wounds will be left. If the hidden wounds accumulate too much, you may be disabled or even die.

This herb is called Ironwort. It is named because although the green juice squeezed out of Ironwort has healing properties, when it is sprinkled on a wound, it feels like an iron brush, causing excruciating pain.

Lin Ming gritted his teeth and endured the pain, took out a new white cloth from the package, and wrapped his fist in circles.

In fact, there are many herbs that are more effective than wire grass, have mild medicinal properties, and are not painful or itchy, but they are all expensive and cannot be afforded by Lin Ming's family.

Lin Ming's parents run a good-sized restaurant in Qingmulg City, but the assets of this restaurant do not belong to Lin Ming's parents, but to the Lin family in Qingmulg City.

Although Lin Ming is also named Lin, he is separated from the Lin family by blood for several generations. The family leaves part of the property to distant relatives to manage. Lin Ming's parents run this restaurant and receive a fixed income and a portion of commission every year. This income

Compared with an ordinary family, it is already quite considerable. It can be used to live a prosperous and comfortable life, but it is not enough to support Lin Ming's martial arts training.

Originally, Lin Ming's parents hoped that Lin Ming could inherit the family business and become a restaurant owner. However, seeing that Lin Ming was bent on martial arts, they spent all their family savings to buy Lin Ming healing herbs.

Nowadays, the family's savings are being depleted bit by bit, but Lin Ming has always stayed at the first level of physical training.

The physical training period is the first stage of martial arts cultivation. It uses the true energy to temper the body. There are six levels in total: the first level is strength training, the second level is flesh training, the third level is internal organs training, the fourth level is muscle strengthening, the fifth level is bone forging, and the sixth level is pulse condensation.

After this, the warrior will enter the gathering stage.

After applying the juice of maidenhair grass to the wound, Lin Ming rested for half an hour to allow the wound to fully absorb the power of the herbal medicine. Just when he stood up and prepared to continue practicing boxing, he saw a fat man holding a delicate fist in his hand.

The young man with the sword walked out of the woods. When he saw Lin Ming, he said with a smile: "Brother Ming, today is the registration day for the entrance examination of Qixuanwu House. Didn't you forget that you are still practicing boxing here?"

This young man's name is Lin Xiaodong. He is slightly younger than Lin Ming. He grew up with Lin Ming and they are close brothers.

Lin Xiaodong is actually a direct descendant of the Lin family. However, even though he is a direct disciple, direct disciples also have high and low status in the family. Lin Xiaodong belongs to the lowest class. Lin Xiaodong's parents are also engaged in business and live very close to Lin Ming's family.

Lin Ming glanced at Lin Xiaodong and then turned to the tree stump and said: "There were a lot of people signing up at the beginning, and it took an hour or two to queue up. It's a waste of time to wait there."

"Damn, you won't let go of this little time, you won't do it," Lin Xiaodong said in a somewhat exaggerated manner. He approached the tree stump and saw the fist marks and blood stains on the tree stump, and then looked at Lin Ming's body which was covered with bandages.

He raised his hands and took a breath and said: "You are really crazy. You beat Tiemudu like this. With such a training method, if you just rely on wire grass, your hands will be injured and may become disabled!"

"

Lin Ming didn't say anything. The journey of practicing martial arts is to compete with the sky. With his third-level talent, it is difficult to enter the pulse condensation stage of the sixth level of physical training. If he didn't work hard when he was young, there would be absolutely no hope. If he tried hard,

Although it is possible to accumulate hidden injuries and become disabled, it is also possible to succeed before the accumulation of hidden injuries occurs. Once you successfully enter the pulse condensation stage and your body is tempered with true energy, the hidden injuries will disappear.

For Lin Ming, this was a last-ditch battle and a gamble that cost his life.

Lin Xiaodong sighed, took out a cloth bag from his arms, opened it layer by layer, and said, "Brother Ming, this is for you."

Lin Ming looked back and saw a blood-red blood ginseng lying quietly in a cloth bag. This blood ginseng looked to be at least a hundred years old. It is a fine medicine for nourishing the body and blood. Use one thin slice at a time.

It is enough, and the medicinal properties are mild and powerful. This ginseng is worth at least one hundred and fifty taels of gold, which is equivalent to the annual income of Lin Ming's family.

Lin Ming paused for a moment, shook his head and said, "I can't have this blood ginseng."

Brothers are brothers, but this blood ginseng is too valuable. Lin Xiaodong's family is only the last generation of direct descendants of the Lin family. Although their family situation is much better than that of Lin Ming's family, if it is used to support Lin Xiaodong's cultivation, it will not be much better off.

However, Lin Xiaodong forced the blood ginseng to Lin Ming and said: "This blood ginseng is just for you. I have been practicing for three days, fishing and two days of drying nets. The wounds on my body are bigger than my body. It is a waste to use this. You don't need it."

I just bought it for nothing. It would be pointless if you push it back. In fact, my father doesn’t have high demands on me. He just hopes that I can keep the number one direct line of the Lin family in this life, and don’t let the next generation lose this number.

Already."

Lin Ming was silent for a while, then he took the blood ginseng away and said, "Okay, I'll take this blood ginseng. Just for this ginseng, I have to break through the Pulse Condensation Realm."

"Haha, it's like what you said. Not only do you have to break through the Pulse Condensation Realm, but you also have to defeat that son of a bitch, Zhu Yan. I've long disliked him!"

Zhu Yan... Lin Ming breathed a sigh of relief. His talent was not bad, but Zhu Yan's talent was extremely high. Zhu Yan had already been admitted to the Seven Xuanwu Palace, and was a senior disciple of Zhongtian Palace. His strength reached the level of practicing.

Even though he was at the peak of the third level of his body, Lin Ming still set a goal for himself to surpass Zhu Yan, not because of Lan Yunyue, but because in pursuing the realm of martial arts, he must cross one threshold after another and climb one after another.

Even if he catches up with Zhu Yan in this life, it may take him more than ten years, or even decades!

…

At the foot of Dazhou Mountain, there is a group of buildings that stretches for twenty miles. This is the location of Qixuanwu Mansion and Tianyunwu Mansion. Today is the day to register for the entrance examination of Qixuanwu Mansion. In the square in front of the main entrance of Qixuanwu Mansion

On the street, a bustling crowd gathered.

Lin Ming and Lin Xiaodong had deliberately delayed the time, but when they walked to the square, they found that they still underestimated the number of applicants. There were three lines of applicants, each of which was dozens of meters long. If the line continued like this, it would still be more than half of the time.

hour.

"Wait." Lin Xiaodong sighed and stood helplessly at the end of the line.

"Yes." Lin Ming nodded.

"Hey, there are very few people over there." Lin Xiaodong pointed to a small door not far away. There were only a few people there, and there was a red carpet on the ground.

"That's the aristocratic area..." Lin Ming noticed the words written on the sign.

Since Qixuanwu Mansion is established in Tianyun Kingdom and uses Tianyun Kingdom's land, buildings, and resources, it will naturally give some face to the powerful class, and even many matters of the Wu Mansion will be left to the powerful class, such as today's

Admission registration.

"Fuck." Lin Xiaodong muttered unhappily. Nobility needs royal canonization, which is a hereditary honor. Although the Lin family is rich, they are not nobility.
To be continued...